Houz

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Town house with a houz in Yazd

Houz , Howz or Hovuz ( Persian حوض, DMG ḥouż , hoʊz ; Uzbek hovuz ) in traditional Persian architecture refers to a centrally located water basin in a garden .

In the inner courtyard ( cream ) of a mosque , a Houz is used for ablutions (ritual washings, see Wuḍūʾ ). In the courtyard of (traditional) private houses, it usually fulfills purely aesthetic functions and is used for air cooling . The houz is an essential element of the Persian garden .

In Bukhara , Uzbekistan , several Hovuz were laid out in central locations in the historic old town and are accessible to the public. They are fed by an ancient stone canal Shahrud . The Hovuz Bukhara are part of the UNESCO World Heritage .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alexei Arapov: Bukhara . Masterpieces from Central Asia. SMI-ASIA, Tashkent 2015, ISBN 978-9943-17-073-5 , p. 71, 87 .